13.9 BCC Startup Flags

There are three optional flags that can be used by BCC during startup.

Table 13-2 Optional Startup Flags

Startup Flag

Description

d

Keeps the bccd from forking (keeps the process in foreground). Log messages are printed to the running terminal screen (stdout) along with the normal syslog.

v

Turns on more verbose logging.

t

Turns on tracing. With tracing turned on, certain sections of code that fail will report a message containing the condition that failed along with a file and line number in the code indicating where the condition failed. This is helpful for reporting problems to Novell Support.

There are two usage options:

To use the v and t flags, edit the /etc/init.d/novell-bcc file and change the NOVELL_BCCD_ARGS= line to NOVELL_BCCD_ARGS=-flags. Replace flags with any combination of v and/or t. This could include v, vt, t, or tv.

Do not use the d flag with this option.

Stop BCC by entering rcnovell-bccd stop at the server console, then restart it by entering /opt/novell/bcc/sbin/bccd -flags. Replace flags with any combination of v, t, and/or d.